Official [[ArchWiki:Maintainers|Maintainers]] are chosen by the [[ArchWiki:Administrators|Administrators]] among the most active and collaborative users of the wiki, and personally invited to participate in the team. Maintainers belong to a particular group of wiki users with [[Special:ListGroupRights|special rights]]. Administrators are implicit members of the team.

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Official [[ArchWiki:Maintainers|Maintainers]] are usually chosen by the [[ArchWiki:Administrators|Administrators]] among the most active and collaborative users of the wiki, and personally invited to participate in the team. You can also explicitly present yourself as a candidate by contacting one of the Administrators. Maintainers belong to a particular group of wiki users with [[Special:ListGroupRights|special rights]]. Administrators are implicit members of the team.

Common requisites for becoming a Maintainer are:

Common requisites for becoming a Maintainer are:

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*Familiarity with how this team is organized and how its members work with each other (see [[#Workflow]]); will to collaborate and discuss with the other Maintainers.

*Some free time and the commitment to contribute regularly enough.

*Some free time and the commitment to contribute regularly enough.

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*Will to collaborate and discuss with the other members of the team.

*Patience, accuracy and tidiness.

*Patience, accuracy and tidiness.

*Experience in wiki editing and good knowledge of [[Help:Editing|wiki syntax]].

*Experience in wiki editing and good knowledge of [[Help:Editing|wiki syntax]].

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*Good knowledge of the structure of ArchWiki and its [[Help:Style|style rules]].

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*Good knowledge of the structure of the ArchWiki and its [[Help:Style|style rules]].

*Sufficient knowledge of Arch Linux and the subjects treated in the articles, or willingness to do some research or discuss with the edits' authors when fixing content-related issues.

*Sufficient knowledge of Arch Linux and the subjects treated in the articles, or willingness to do some research or discuss with the edits' authors when fixing content-related issues.

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If you are interested in joining the team, you can start making yourself visible to the community by helping with the [[ArchWiki:Tasks|common tasks]], in particular contributing to the discussions that take place in the various talk pages.

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If you are interested in joining the team, you can start making yourself visible to the community by helping with the [[ArchWiki:Contributing|common tasks]], in particular contributing to the discussions that take place in the various talk pages.

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Once elected, members should add their username to [[ArchWiki:Maintainers]] and also add a special tag in their user page: {{ic|<nowiki>[[ArchWiki:Maintainers|ArchWiki Maintainer]]</nowiki>}}. Then they are advised to read the following sections which explain how this team is organized and how its members work with each other.

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Once elected, members should add their username to [[ArchWiki:Maintainers]] and also add a special tag in their user page: {{ic|<nowiki>[[ArchWiki:Maintainers|ArchWiki Maintainer]]</nowiki>}}.

==Workflow==

==Workflow==

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===Report solving===

===Report solving===

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[[ArchWiki:Reports]] is the reference page for addressing maintenance problems. When working there, you should first choose one of the listed reports, also reading the accompanying patroller's note:

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[[ArchWiki:Reports]] is the reference page for addressing maintenance problems. When working there, you should first choose one of the listed reports, also reading the accompanying patrol's note:

* If you think you can fix the report, just do it and remove the entry from the table. Read also [[#Common problems and solutions]].

* If you think you can fix the report, just do it and remove the entry from the table. Read also [[#Common problems and solutions]].

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*Prefer trying to fix the oldest reports

*Prefer trying to fix the oldest reports

*Prefer fixing content-related over style-related issues.

*Prefer fixing content-related over style-related issues.

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*Remember to start the edit summary with "quick report fix: " in order to help recent changes patrollers recognize it when they find it in the recent changes.

*You may consider using an editor assistant (e.g. [[Wiki Monkey]]'s ''Editor'' configuration) in order to solve some common style issues automatically.}}

*You may consider using an editor assistant (e.g. [[Wiki Monkey]]'s ''Editor'' configuration) in order to solve some common style issues automatically.}}

==Common problems and solutions==

==Common problems and solutions==

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The following are the most common problems that recent changes patrollers can find and report, with brief tips for possible fixes.

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The following are the most common problems that recent changes patrols can find and report, with brief tips for possible fixes.

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Patrols should add their usernames to this list with a brief description, and remove it if they stop patrolling the recent changes:

Patrols should add their usernames to this list with a brief description, and remove it if they stop patrolling the recent changes:

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How to join

Official Maintainers are usually chosen by the Administrators among the most active and collaborative users of the wiki, and personally invited to participate in the team. You can also explicitly present yourself as a candidate by contacting one of the Administrators. Maintainers belong to a particular group of wiki users with special rights. Administrators are implicit members of the team.

Common requisites for becoming a Maintainer are:

Familiarity with how this team is organized and how its members work with each other (see #Workflow); will to collaborate and discuss with the other Maintainers.

Sufficient knowledge of Arch Linux and the subjects treated in the articles, or willingness to do some research or discuss with the edits' authors when fixing content-related issues.

If you are interested in joining the team, you can start making yourself visible to the community by helping with the common tasks, in particular contributing to the discussions that take place in the various talk pages.

Once elected, members should add their username to ArchWiki:Maintainers and also add a special tag in their user page: [[ArchWiki:Maintainers|ArchWiki Maintainer]].

Workflow

The supervision of the edits made to the wiki can be accomplished in two complementary stages: #Recent changes patrolling and #Report solving. The former stage is where the problems are found and reported, while the latter is where they are finally processed and solved.

You can engage in one of the two tasks, or even in both if you want, keeping in mind that patrolling the recent changes obviously requires a more constant commitment, while fixing the reports is much more flexible and can be done whenever you find some time.

Recent changes patrolling

There are two main ways you can patrol the recent changes:

Visiting Special:RecentChanges at regular intervals, checking all the edits that have been made since the previous visit.

For each edit, or group of edits made to the same page, you should assess if it is questionable, according to your experience and knowledge, also taking into account the list of the most frequent problems.

If you think the edit requires a quick fix that you can perform immediately, just do it.

If instead the edit is questionable but you cannot fix it, you should look if it has already been reported in ArchWiki:Reports:

If not, add it to the table describing the problem in the Notes field; note that the table distinguishes between content and style-related reports with the Type field: if an edit has both content and style problems, mark it as content.

As an alternative, you may decide to add the report directly in ArchWiki talk:Reports, still checking that it is not there yet.

In case the edit has already been reported, see if you can add useful details to the accompanying note or discussion.

If otherwise you feel it is better to contact the author of the edit, write him a message in his talk page, or send him an email in order to request an explanation or discuss further; then add a discussion in ArchWiki talk:Reports as a reminder and delete the report from ArchWiki:Reports.